jam oneshots | for the soul~

the other way around.

what if pam was in love with jim and HE was the one engaged?
set during the love confession scene in Casino Night and later on in the episode Beach Games
most of the dialogue is the same but some is switched up a bit ahahahaha
bye hoes

CASINO NIGHT.

"Uh...I was just..." Pam looked up at him. "I'm in love with you."

He stared at her, smile disappearing. "What?"

"I-I'm really sorry if that's weird for you to hear...but I needed you to...hear it..." She smiled with tears in her eyes. "...Probably not good timing, I know that, I just..." 

"What are you doing?" Jim asked, confused and slightly worried. "What do you expect me to say to that?!"

Pam bowed her head for a couple of seconds, then looked up at her handsome best friend again. "I just needed you to know...once."

Jim looked away then back at her quickly. "Well...I, um...I...I can't." He said gently

She nodded and looked down. "Yep..."

Jim gazed at her. "You have...no idea..."

"Don't do that." Pam's voice cracked.

He continued anyway. "...what your friendship means to me..."

Pam shook her head, pleading, begging. "Come on...I don't wanna do that. I wanna be...more than that..."

"I can't." He mumbled. Pam's face flashed with disappointment. "I'm really sorry...if you... misinterpreted things..." Jim began. 

Pam nodded. "So am I." She whispered, flashed him a hurt smile, then went back inside Dunder Mifflin.

Jim felt his heart sink as he watched her trudge away, defeated.

***

Jim was on the phone to his father in the office. 

"About 10 minutes ago...no, I didn't know what to say...yes, I know...umm...I don't know, Dad, she's my best friend!...yeah, she's great...yeah...I think I am..." he glanced up and spotted Pam, waiting for him. "Umm, I have, to go...I will..." he quickly put the phone down and looked at her again.

"Listen, Pam, I..."

Pam suddenly grabbed Jim by the sweater and pulled him closer, then gently pushed her lips against his. Jim was shocked, eyes wide open, then melted into the kiss, closing his eyes and putting his hands on her waist.

The kiss lasted for a few seconds before Pam pulled back, smiling wistfully. "You have...no idea...how long I've wanted to do that for..."

Jim paused then smiled too, "Me...Me too." 

Pam leaned up to kiss his soft lips again, but Jim hesitated. "Pam...I...I..."

Softening, she gazed up at her crush. "You're really going to marry her, aren't you?" She whispered. Jim nodded solemnly. "Yes. I'm so sorry," he took her hands.

Pam smiled, pained. "Don't worry. You love her. And I love you. We could never be together anyway..." she closed her eyes as a tear escaped. Jim wiped it away softly.

"I love you, Pam Beesly...just...not in the way that you love me. I'm engaged to Karen. You know that..." he traced her lips with his fingers delicately.

"I know that...but...stop teasing me," she whispered, staring up into his eyes. God, was he handsome. "You don't know what you're doing to me...you don't know what you do to me...because you...I...whenever I see you...whenever we talk...I...I lose my mind. Just being in the same room as you...it makes me...oh, I don't know..." she pulled out of his embrace. "Can we just forget that tonight ever happened, please?" She bowed her head again.

Jim paused. "I'd like to as well...but...this is big. I...I can't believe you...love...me..."

Pam smiled wearily at him. "Alright then. See you tomorrow." She said and ran out before Jim could stop her, tears flying down her face.

BEACH GAMES.

"Ever since you confessed to me, things have been different between us! They've been...weird! And I miss you! I miss us! Pam, I left my fiancee for you! I canceled my wedding!...for you..." Jim's voice cracked. He looked around at the circle of people surrounding him, on the verge of crying, took one final look at the bewildered Pam, then ran away. Pam's boyfriend, Roy, simply frowned 

Later on, Pam came and found him, throwing her arms around him. "Oh, Jim," she whispered, tears escaping. "I'm so sorry you feel this way...I...I want to be your friend again too..."

"...and I want to be your boyfriend."

Pam pulled back, shocked. "Jim...wha...what?...No...I...I'm with Roy now..."

"I know...but I..." he paused. "Nevermind. Let's just forget about what I just said..." Pam nodded. "If that's what you want. Anyway...uh...let's go back to the others..." Jim nodded too and smiled slightly, though it hurt.

THE JOB.
"I haven't heard anything," Jim said, shuffling around in his seat as he spoke to the camera, "But I bet Pam got the job...why wouldn't she? She's...totally qualified, and smart...everyone loves her...and...if she never comes back again?...that's okay...we're friends. And I'm sure we'll stay friends. We just...we never got the timing right. Ya know? I shot her down...then she did the same to me...and...but you know what? It's okay...I'm totally fine. Everything is gonna be totally-"

The door suddenly opened, and Pam peeked inside. "Jim?" She glanced at the camera, blushing slightly. "Sorry- um-" Pam turned back to Jim. 

"Are you free for dinner tonight?"

Jim stared at her, his heart skipping multiple beats. She finally found her words after a couple of seconds. "Yes!"

Pam smiled softly. "Alright. Then...it's a date." And with that, she closed the door again.

Staring at the camera once more, Jim looked amazed. He finally beamed, feeling happier in that one single moment than he had in a lifetime of loneliness. He paused, long and hard, taking everything in, then smiled and said slowly "I'm sorry, what was the question?".

idk what the point of this was because it was basically just a genderbent version of the original 
but it was cute so yee
original content coming soon!